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By Estelle Shirbon

Royals' grief for queen shows through ceremonial pageantry

London, United Kingdom -18/09/2022. King Charles the III and his family follow the gun carriage carrying his late mother the Queen Elizabeth the II to her funeral at Westminster Abbey, Westminster. Joshua Bratt/Pool via REUTERS

Queen Elizabeth's closest relatives were ashen-faced throughout Monday's solemn funeral rituals in London and Windsor, silently playing their parts in meticulously choreographed processions that nevertheless betrayed the high emotions of the day.

Elizabeth's son King Charles and his three younger siblings, Anne, Andrew and Edward, followed the gun carriage pulled by 142 Royal Navy sailors that bore the queen's coffin to Westminster Abbey for her state funeral service.

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